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Animal Structures > Horns > Antlers

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Antlers  

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Note

  • a type of horn, on males of the deer family

Scope note

  • The horn of an animal of the deer family, typically present only in the male. It differs from the HORNS of other animals in being a solid, generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually. The word antler comes from the Latin anteocularis, ante (before) + oculus (eye). (From Webster, 3d ed)

History note

  • 91(75); was see under HORNS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000999

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